And we lived there for awhile. I lived there until i was probably five or six years old. Then we gradually worked our way out of the lower east side. We move north to the bronx, where i grew up mostly. For a while, we lived in a Community Called Brighton Beach in brooklyn, which is a beautiful place right on the beach in Long Island Sound that many poor russians lived in those days. I would say we were very poor. My father worked as a restaurant worker all his life. My mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. My father worked in a cafeterias. My sister roselyn and i were left more or less alone most of our lives. I was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. Up that was fine, i loved it because in the bronx, we live right next to bronx park which is a wonderful place for kids to grow up. Theres the bronx zoo and the botanical gardens. I used to go there all the time. I used to sneak into the bronx a
Will come to work. Welcome todays hearing on the oversight of the general trade commission. On extended a welcome and thank you for appearing. You will all appear roughly this morning. Include fcc chairman joe simons, and noah phillips. Commissioner chopra pretty commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. Cc the established in 1914. Under federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, or fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace. This includes protecting consumers privacy, and security of the data. And harmful uses of technology in combating deceptive advertising and illegal protocols. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity, and predatory Business Practices and Consumer Education is an essential part of their mission. And its intended to inform customer choices help prevent americans from falling victim to fraudsters, cyber criminals another bad actors. And recently discussed and
Months now the coronavirus pandemic has dominated the News Coverage 1000 has spread all over the world and changed our lives but how many people have actually come into contact with the virus and will there be a 2nd wave of infections in those countries where the numbers have gone down for scientists to gauge that properly as many people as possible need to be tested for the virus so what tests are available and how do they work. Because standard genetic test involves taking a swab from the back of your throat or alternatively from up your nose. The sample is then checked for the presence of viral d. N. A. Which would indicate an active infection when the virus is still replicating. The tests are highly accurate and can detect infections early. But the downside is that the samples have to be taken to a Specialized Lab for analysis meaning it can take up to. To just get a result. A much faster option is the Antibody Test it involves taking a sample of your blood it only takes a few minu
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The election conversation right now. Speaker pelosi calling the house back into session for urgent action, she says, on the matter. So urgent they are not coming back until later this week. Meanwhile, the market shrugging off any possible chaos from the election. The s p, in fact, could hit an alltime high today. Goldman sachs is raising its forecast on the s p to 3600 by years end. Its also a big week for retail as well. Several Big Companies reporting profits starting with walmart and home depot tomorrow. Lots to talk about. Im Ashley Webster. Yes, stuart is back tomorrow. Varney company is about to begin. Its been run horribly and were going to make it good. Now, what am i supposed to do, let it continue to run badly so if you fix it they say oh, hes tampering with the election. Were not tampering. This is a con game by pelosi and schumer. Look, the post office, theres 25 billion sitting there but they really want 1 trillion to bail out their badly run states. Ashley yeah, that was